IDFA Hits in Carré
From Friday, November 13 to Sunday, November 15, IDFA will showcase nine specially selected, notable festival films at the Royal Theater Carré that you definitely shouldn't miss. After each screening, there will be a Q&A or an in-depth discussion with filmmakers and experts.
General tickets sales start Wednesday, October 28 at 12:00. Presale for Friends, guests and VIP card holders start Monday, October 26 at 12:00. Become a Friend of IDFA now to enjoy access to ticket presales!
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IDFA Hit: The Siege of Paradise
Friday November 13, 11:30
The residents of an idyllic corner of Italy are struggling with the effects of mass tourism as it overwhelms their villages. The camera captures all the complications with warmth, humor, and an eye for detail.
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IDFA Hit: White Tiger Column
Friday November 13, 14:00
A training camp for Myanmar’s resistance movement lasts 45 days. Up close, we follow a group of young people who have decided to fight for their freedom. A moving and visually striking portrait of a courageous generation.
IDFA Hit: The Mayor: Halsema & Amsterdam + Talk hosted by Het Parool
Friday November 14, 17:30
Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema was followed for a year by filmmaker Mijke de Jong, from crisis meetings to television interviews and from public appearances to closed-door sessions, as the right to protest clashed with public safety. Followed by an in-depth conversation with director Mijke de Jong, moderated by Parool editor David Hielkema.
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IDFA Hit: You Can See Everything
Friday November 13, 20:30 (SOLD OUT)
One month before her long sentence in prison, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes opens her doors to Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. Nothing is as it seems in this complex portrait of an inscrutable fraudster.
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IDFA Hit: Musk + Talk hosted by Follow The Money
Saturday November 14, 19:30
Is he a visionary savior or a cunning con artist? This unsparing portrait of Elon Musk depicts the businessman as someone who is indifferent to the human cost of his grand ambitions. Followed by an in-depth conversation moderated by Harm Botje from Follow The Money.
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IDFA Hit: Everybody to Kenmure Street + Talk (Oxfam Novib Special)
Sunday November 15, 10:15
A captivating account of the power of civil resistance. In May 2021, hundreds of residents of an ordinary neighborhood in Glasgow rise up in protest when immigration officers threaten to remove two of their neighbors. Followed by an in-depth conversation with director Felipe Bustos Sierra moderated by Oxfam Novib.
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IDFA Hit: Everest: The Other Side
Sunday November 15, 13:30
When ski mountaineer Jim Morrison loses his partner Hilaree Nelson during a descent, her death only strengthens his resolve to ski down the world’s highest mountain. But Mount Everest doesn’t give in easily.
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IDFA Hit: How Much Longer
Sunday November 15, 17:00
How do you approach life when death is drawing closer and you don’t know how much time you have left? Five people with incurable cancer speak directly to the camera, sharing their concerns and questions with their oncologist.
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IDFA Hit: 14th
Sunday November 15, 20:15
Ten years after her acclaimed 2016 documentary 13th, Ava DuVernay views the long historical arc from Jim Crow to Donald Trump through the lens of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. Followed by an in-depth conversation with director Ava DuVernay.
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